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The body


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The body of a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series car is only partly stock. The hood, the rear deck lid (or trunk lid, as it’s normally called), the roof, the front grille, and the bumper panels are similar to the ones on passenger cars because they’re obtained from the manufacturer, although they’re modified a bit per NASCAR’s specifications (see Figure 4-1). Car builders make the rest of stock-car bodies from scratch. The few factory-made parts on NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series cars, however, make them recognizable as cousins of the Avengers, Fusions, Camry’s, and Monte Carlos that you see driving down the highway. It also helps that teams place decals of headlights on the cars to make them look similar to passenger cars.

Figure 4-1: Few parts of NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series car’s body are similar to the ones on a passenger car.